For Amitabh Bachan, he is the finest actor in the country. For RGV, he is the robert de niro of indian screen. For Time magazine, he is india's answer to marlon brando. For Kamal Haasan, he is the most flexible actor in india. For Shaji n karun, he is the most immensely talented actor. For Priyadarshan, he is the best actor india has ever produced. Manirathnam and Dr.Rajkumar are two frontline fans of this great actor. According to cnn-ibn, he is the Most Popular Keralite of the Century.

Monday, February 9, 2009

M Padmakumar is back in business with a Mohanlal starrer Shikar - The hunt. Padmakumar is considered to be one of the talented youngster director in Malayalam film industry. His previous films except the recently done, Mammootty starrer, Parunthu were good examples for his immense talent. Parunthu was a total disaster where as his other 3 films that featured young actor Prithviraj was critically well acclaimed.

Padmakumar's new Mohanlal starrer is considered to be a family entertainer. This new film that is to be produced by Tetco Group will have the script penned by S Suresh Babu. The music department of this new film will be handled by the team M Jayachandran and Gireesh Puthenchery. The more interesting news that is in relation with this film is that yesteryear child artist Shamili is going to play a vital role as a grown up girl in this film. In this film, Shamili will appear as the daughter of Mohanlal.

Shamili, popularly known as Baby Shamili was previously seen in some old Malayalam movies as a child artist. Her some fo the notable performances were in the films like Malooti, Nirnayam etc in Malayalam and Anjaly in Tamil. She had last acted for a Malayalam movie in Harikrishnans, about a decade back. She is also the sister of popular yesteryear actress Shalini, wife of Tamil star Ajith.

Shamili have now started her second innings in film field as a lead lady for a yet to be released Telugu film. Reports are there, saying that she is again going to do a Telugu film, as the heroine of young actor Siddharth. This yet to be titled film will be directed by Anand Ranga.